page_title: Wallace's Well
section_title: Other Wallace's Wells
hierarchical_section_title: Wallace's Well / History / Other Wallace's Wells
caption_attribution_description: English: False Menteith gargoyle, Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshre - detail. Said to be Sir John Menteith who was governor of the castle and captured Sir William Wallace.
context_page_description: Wallace's Well or Auchinleck Well is located on Langmuirhead Road near Robroyston, Parish of Cadder, City of Glasgow. William Wallace is said to have drunk from the well whenever he visited the area and also just before his capture by English troops commanded by Sir John Mentieth.
context_section_description: Another Wallace's Well near Elcho Castle in Perth and Kinross got its name from the water from it being Sir William Wallace's favourite drink while he was staying residing at the castle.
  Dunfermline has a Wallace's Well in which he is said to have hidden briefly from English troops after the Battle of Falkirk. In 1303 he visited Dunfermline, accompanied by his mother, with the intention of praying at the shrine of St Margaret.
  Ayr has Wallace's Heel Well that derives from an incident that occurred when Wallace was hiding in the Leglen Woods near Auchencruive.
caption: A gargoyle of 'False Menteith' at Dumbarton Castle.
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